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Due to its challenging offshore geography and choppy
waters, Florida acts as a difficult port. For centuries, man has used
the state as a common docking point in the transport of goods up and
down the coast. And in the midst of these routes, many ships would “run
aground,” left on the ocean floor to be eerily preserved.
Due to Florida’s extensive underwater history, the National Park
Service National Register of Historic Places has identified much of
the state’s off coast habitat as important, memorable grounds.
These sunken ships now act as historical documents, helping modern man
understand transportation and commerce in a young United States.
All these sites, young and old, are at a reasonably safe distance from
shore and are open for diving year round. Obviously, you are not to
touch or disturb the areas of a shipwreck, they should be as preserved
as the sea will let them for generations to come. |
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